Australian women's cricket team in England in 2009
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The Australian women's cricket team toured England between 25 June and 13 July 2009, playing one Test match
, five One Day Internationals and a Twenty20 International
.
Australia won the Twenty20 International, while England won the One Day International series 4–0. The Test match, which was for the Women's Ashes
, was drawn; ensuring that England retained them.
, which was also held in England in June. England won the tournament, in the process beating Australia by 8 wickets in the second semi-final. The semi-final defeat was Karen Rolton
's final game as captain
of the Australian side, having announced before the tournament she would be standing down. Jodie Fields was announced as the new captain for the tour of England, with Alex Blackwell
as her deputy.
between the two sides was played as the first part of a doubleheader
at Derby
; with Derbyshire
's match against Lancashire
providing the second half of the entertainment. Australia batted first having won the toss, and recorded a "competitive" total of 151 for 3 from their allocation of 20 overs. Leah Poulton
and Shelley Nitschke
compiled 55 for the first wicket, a partnership
that was described as "momentum-seizing", before Karen Rolton
contributed an unbeaten
43 and Lauren Ebsary
a 13-ball 24.
England, who had rested bowler Katherine Brunt
and batsman Caroline Atkins
from the side that had won the World Twenty20 tournament
, found their response stifled by Australia's opening bowlers Sarah Andrews
and Rene Farrell
. The pair accounted for both openers while maintaining an economy rate no higher than five. Claire Taylor
, Beth Morgan and Lydia Greenway
all briefly threatened, before England's innings closed on 117 for 6.
Shelley Nitschke
was awarded the player of the match award, having scored 32 while opening the batting and taking the wicket of Morgan in her economical four-over spell of bowling.
England began the One Day International series the strongest, defeating Australia by nine wickets in the first of two ODIs at the County Ground
in Chelmsford
. Led by vice-captain Nicki Shaw
after Charlotte Edwards
had fallen ill, England took two quick wickets after being made to field
first. Katherine Brunt
, returning to the side after missing the Twenty20 International, had Shelley Nitschke
caught
off of the first delivery of the match, before making Lisa Sthalekar
edge the ball to wicket-keeper
Sarah Taylor
to leave Australia 4 for 2 after the first over.
England's bowlers were rotated regularly, with the introduction of Holly Colvin
into the attack proving key. Colvin removed Leah Poulton
with a flighted delivery lofted to long on and Ellyse Perry
, who was stumped
by Taylor to leave Australia 42 for 6. Lauren Ebsary
and Rene Farrell
helped Australia avoid their lowest-ever total in ODIs by adding 30 for the eighth wicket, before Farrell and Sarah Andrews
added a national–record 36 for the final wicket to get Australia to an all out total of 133.
England, by contrast, batted more competently than the Australians, with Taylor and Caroline Atkins
barely offering a chance as they moved towards the target of 134. Jodie Fields rotated her bowlers, but the Australian spin bowlers
were comfortably played by England. Taylor brought up a half-century in exactly an hour, having faced 55 balls and hit 6 fours, before she was dismissed playing "a loose slog" with England still requiring 15 to win. Her namesake, Claire Taylor
, helped Atkins to reach the victory target off the last ball of the 27th over.
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broke the record by the sixth partneship with 199 runs. Australia closed the day with 271 for 7, and Katherine Brunt took 5 for 55.
Day 2: Australia only added 38 runs and closed the Innings in 309 runs. England lost their first 4 wickets for 28 runs, and closed the day with 116 runs for 5 wickets, trail by 203 runs.
Day 3: England fell with 268 runs, and Beth Morgan scored 58 runs (her first half century). Australia scored 128 for 1, with Alex Blackwell
scored 59 runs (her second half-century), and leading by 169 runs. Karen Rolton
scored her run 1,000th (1st Australian, and 10th All-time)
Day 4: With England need a draw, Australia fell with 231 runs (272 ahead) on the second session. England only scored 103 runs, but survived the day and secured the draw, retaining the Ashes. Charlotte Edwards scored 53 runs unbeatten (her 8th half century).
Women's Test cricket
Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations...
, five One Day Internationals and a Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 cricket
Women's Twenty20 cricket is the newly emerging use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. While both women's cricket and Twenty20 have themselves enjoyed recent success, women's Twenty20 has only been an international cricket game format since 2004...
.
Australia won the Twenty20 International, while England won the One Day International series 4–0. The Test match, which was for the Women's Ashes
The Women's Ashes
The Ashes or the Women's Ashes is the Women's Test cricket series between England and Australia. It is named after the Ashes. The series was first played in 1934 and was the first ever women's Test series...
, was drawn; ensuring that England retained them.
Build-up
Prior to the series, both sides took part in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty202009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition took on a different format from that of the men's, having eight teams split into two pools followed directly by the semi-finals and final. All pool stage matches were played at the County Ground in Taunton...
, which was also held in England in June. England won the tournament, in the process beating Australia by 8 wickets in the second semi-final. The semi-final defeat was Karen Rolton
Karen Rolton
Karen Louise Rolton is a former Australian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm medium-paced bowler, she has scored the most runs for Australia in women's Test cricket....
's final game as captain
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
of the Australian side, having announced before the tournament she would be standing down. Jodie Fields was announced as the new captain for the tour of England, with Alex Blackwell
Alex Blackwell (cricketer)
Alexandra Joy Blackwell is a female cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia as a specialist batsman. Her identical twin sister Kate has also played for Australia....
as her deputy.
Twenty20 International
The Twenty20 InternationalTwenty20 International
A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...
between the two sides was played as the first part of a doubleheader
Doubleheader (television)
Doubleheader is used by network television to refer to two games in any sport aired back-to-back on the same network, even though they do not involve the same two teams . A doubleheader purposely coincides with a league's scheduling of "early" and "late" games...
at Derby
County Cricket Ground, Derby
The County Cricket Ground, usually shortened to County Ground and also known as the Racecourse Ground, is a cricket ground in Derby and has been the home of Derbyshire County Cricket Club since at least 1871. As the name implies it originally hosted horse racing.It also held the games of Derby...
; with Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
's match against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
providing the second half of the entertainment. Australia batted first having won the toss, and recorded a "competitive" total of 151 for 3 from their allocation of 20 overs. Leah Poulton
Leah Poulton
Leah Joy Poulton is a female Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia. She is a specialist batsman who usually opens the batting....
and Shelley Nitschke
Shelley Nitschke
Shelley Nitschke is a female cricketer who plays for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batsman and left arm orthodox spinner, she is one of the leading all-rounders in the world....
compiled 55 for the first wicket, a partnership
Partnership
A partnership is an arrangement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.Since humans are social beings, partnerships between individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments, and varied combinations thereof, have always been and remain commonplace...
that was described as "momentum-seizing", before Karen Rolton
Karen Rolton
Karen Louise Rolton is a former Australian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm medium-paced bowler, she has scored the most runs for Australia in women's Test cricket....
contributed an unbeaten
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
43 and Lauren Ebsary
Lauren Ebsary
Lauren Kaye Ebsary is an Australian cricketer. Primarily a batsman, she is a current member of the Australia national women's cricket team....
a 13-ball 24.
England, who had rested bowler Katherine Brunt
Katherine Brunt
Katherine Helen Brunt is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In 2006, she was named England women's Cricketer of the Year and again in 2010 ....
and batsman Caroline Atkins
Caroline Atkins
Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins is an English cricketer who has played 6 Tests and 24 ODIs since 2001. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008....
from the side that had won the World Twenty20 tournament
2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition took on a different format from that of the men's, having eight teams split into two pools followed directly by the semi-finals and final. All pool stage matches were played at the County Ground in Taunton...
, found their response stifled by Australia's opening bowlers Sarah Andrews
Sarah Andrews (cricketer)
Sarah Joy Andrews is a retired female cricketer who played for Australia from 2006 to early 2010. She was a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman....
and Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team.Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for New South Wales until late in the 2006–07 season a month before turning 20...
. The pair accounted for both openers while maintaining an economy rate no higher than five. Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor
Samantha Claire Taylor MBE is a former English cricketer and retired member of the England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred One Day International appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's World Cup...
, Beth Morgan and Lydia Greenway
Lydia Greenway
Lydia Sophie Greenway is an English cricketer . She is a left-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler. She has appeared for England in seven Tests and 32 ODI's. In the first Test against South Africa in August 2003 she put on a world record 203 for the fourth wicket with Claire Taylor...
all briefly threatened, before England's innings closed on 117 for 6.
Shelley Nitschke
Shelley Nitschke
Shelley Nitschke is a female cricketer who plays for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batsman and left arm orthodox spinner, she is one of the leading all-rounders in the world....
was awarded the player of the match award, having scored 32 while opening the batting and taking the wicket of Morgan in her economical four-over spell of bowling.
One Day Internationals
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
The County Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Chelmsford, Essex, England. It is home to Essex County Cricket Club.Chelmsford is a small ground, and therefore suits big-hitting batsmen. Essex stalwart Graham Gooch scored many of his runs here and Graham Napier scored 152 of 58 balls in a...
in Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
. Led by vice-captain Nicki Shaw
Nicki Shaw
Nicki Shaw is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire and plays county cricket for Surrey, who she currently captains. She is a right arm fast medium bowler and right-handed batsman. She has played 4 tests and over 60 one...
after Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team....
had fallen ill, England took two quick wickets after being made to field
Fielding (cricket)
Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out.Cricket fielding position...
first. Katherine Brunt
Katherine Brunt
Katherine Helen Brunt is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In 2006, she was named England women's Cricketer of the Year and again in 2010 ....
, returning to the side after missing the Twenty20 International, had Shelley Nitschke
Shelley Nitschke
Shelley Nitschke is a female cricketer who plays for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batsman and left arm orthodox spinner, she is one of the leading all-rounders in the world....
caught
Caught
Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Being caught out is the most common method of dismissal at higher levels of competition...
off of the first delivery of the match, before making Lisa Sthalekar
Lisa Sthalekar
Lisa Carprini Sthalekar is a female cricketer who plays for Australia, and captains New South Wales. One of the key players in the team, she is a right-handed all rounder who bowls off spin, and was rated as the leading all rounder in the world when rankings were introduced...
edge the ball to wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor (cricketer)
Sarah Jane Taylor is an English cricketer. She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She was a member of the England team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008. She plays county...
to leave Australia 4 for 2 after the first over.
England's bowlers were rotated regularly, with the introduction of Holly Colvin
Holly Colvin
Holly Louise Colvin is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's cricket team.She currently holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England.-School level:...
into the attack proving key. Colvin removed Leah Poulton
Leah Poulton
Leah Joy Poulton is a female Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia. She is a specialist batsman who usually opens the batting....
with a flighted delivery lofted to long on and Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australian sportswoman who made her debut for both the Australian cricket and football teams at the age of 16. She played her first cricket international in July 2007 before earning her first football cap for Australia a month later...
, who was stumped
Stump (cricket)
Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:...
by Taylor to leave Australia 42 for 6. Lauren Ebsary
Lauren Ebsary
Lauren Kaye Ebsary is an Australian cricketer. Primarily a batsman, she is a current member of the Australia national women's cricket team....
and Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team.Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for New South Wales until late in the 2006–07 season a month before turning 20...
helped Australia avoid their lowest-ever total in ODIs by adding 30 for the eighth wicket, before Farrell and Sarah Andrews
Sarah Andrews (cricketer)
Sarah Joy Andrews is a retired female cricketer who played for Australia from 2006 to early 2010. She was a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman....
added a national–record 36 for the final wicket to get Australia to an all out total of 133.
England, by contrast, batted more competently than the Australians, with Taylor and Caroline Atkins
Caroline Atkins
Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins is an English cricketer who has played 6 Tests and 24 ODIs since 2001. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008....
barely offering a chance as they moved towards the target of 134. Jodie Fields rotated her bowlers, but the Australian spin bowlers
Spin bowling
Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the...
were comfortably played by England. Taylor brought up a half-century in exactly an hour, having faced 55 balls and hit 6 fours, before she was dismissed playing "a loose slog" with England still requiring 15 to win. Her namesake, Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor
Samantha Claire Taylor MBE is a former English cricketer and retired member of the England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred One Day International appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's World Cup...
, helped Atkins to reach the victory target off the last ball of the 27th over.
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Test match
Day 1: Australia won the toss and elected bated, quickly lost 5 wickets for 28 runs (Brunt took 4 of these wickets), but Jodie Fields scored 139 runs (her first century) and together with Rachael HaynesRachael Haynes
Rachael Louise Haynes is a female Australian cricketer. Predominantly a batsman, she is a member of the Australian team. Haynes plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League ....
broke the record by the sixth partneship with 199 runs. Australia closed the day with 271 for 7, and Katherine Brunt took 5 for 55.
Day 2: Australia only added 38 runs and closed the Innings in 309 runs. England lost their first 4 wickets for 28 runs, and closed the day with 116 runs for 5 wickets, trail by 203 runs.
Day 3: England fell with 268 runs, and Beth Morgan scored 58 runs (her first half century). Australia scored 128 for 1, with Alex Blackwell
Alex Blackwell
Robert Alexander Blackwell is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a brief stint with the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA...
scored 59 runs (her second half-century), and leading by 169 runs. Karen Rolton
Karen Rolton
Karen Louise Rolton is a former Australian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm medium-paced bowler, she has scored the most runs for Australia in women's Test cricket....
scored her run 1,000th (1st Australian, and 10th All-time)
Day 4: With England need a draw, Australia fell with 231 runs (272 ahead) on the second session. England only scored 103 runs, but survived the day and secured the draw, retaining the Ashes. Charlotte Edwards scored 53 runs unbeatten (her 8th half century).
External links
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